The Armchair Theologian's Bible Dictionary

The Great Words of the Faith, Explained for Curious Readers. You are reading your Bible and you hit a word you have seen a hundred times without ever pinning it down. You do not want a lecture from a seminary. You want to know what the word means, where it shows up, and why it matters on the page in front of you. This volume covers 383 essential Scripture words, A to Z, grouped into 10 sections: God: Who He Is, The Trinity and the Persons, Christ: Person and Work, Salvation: The Great Words, Sin, Grace and Free Will, The Holy Spirit, The Church and the Sacraments, Scripture, Truth and Interpretation, Last Things, Where Christians Disagree. Every entry gives you the same things in the same order, so you always know where to look: how to say the word out loud, where it comes from in Hebrew or Greek, what it plainly means, a short “Good to know” background note, three or four key passages, a kitchen-table moment that shows the word at work in ordinary life, a verse to sit with, and cross-references to related words. Written for ordinary readers, in plain English, with the warmth of a friend explaining something across the table rather than a reference book lecturing from a shelf. Also inside: a 30-day reading walk for taking the words a little at a time.